Connor Harrell '18

Last night, we probably had the best dinner of the week. Casey and the BVI crew brought a grille and burgers and hot dogs and we had a cookout out on the beach. I had a cheeseburger with Funyuns and it was delicious, but Luke G. kind of ruined part of the dinner by knocking down all of the...

We started off the day with breakfast buffet at the Plum cabin with cereal, honey buns, and yogurt. It was pretty good food and it filled me up, even though we have been having the same breakfast for the past week. After breakfast, Mr. Marr told us that the waves were going to be really choppy, so Teddy, Lucas,...

Today was probably the most exciting and fun day on BVI trip. We started off the day with another project dive where we had to count squirrel fish in a high and a low coral coverage. I counted 6 squirrel fish, which was the most out of my group, so I was pretty proud of myself. Also during the...

Today was the first time we went on our project dive. We went on two dives this morning to collect data for our presentation, which we have to present on Saturday. Basically, we dove down to record data off squirrel fish from low coral coverage and high coral coverage. I enjoyed the dive and I had fun swimming around...

On day two at the British Virgin Islands, we began the day with a presentation of sea turtles and how to tag them. During the presentation presented by Shannon Gore, I got to learn more about sea turtles, where they go, and how they are becoming endangered. The presentation was very insightful and because of the presentation I got...

Today on my first day at the British Virgin Islands, I learned new information during scuba diving, snorkeling, and visiting the Bathes. This morning after eating breakfast my scuba team and I went on the Sea Monkey with Cassie where she showed us new techniques and information about the ocean. She showed us what fire coral looks like...